Lockdown Art and Creativity in Scotland Exhibition
Lara Bookshop Floor Manager 48 years old, lives in East Lothian with her husband Donald, two cats and three chickens.
Needlepoint cushions were my first designs done on the iPad to make use of the large box of random tapestry yarn bought online on impulse last year. Never had the time to devote to this before.
The Kirigami items are designs from a cherished book on the art of cutting and folding- The Dragonfly card was completed for my mother in law's 80th birthday, the flower vases, star, Christmas tree and flower designs all involved hours of cutting card by hand and used authentic origami papers.
The concentration required was good therapy to relieve stress in this uncertain time The bowl was decoupaged using some beautiful wrapping paper from the V & A museum shop in London, the beauty of this therapeutic craft is anyone can do it and you can get results quite quickly. Warning: it can lead to a fairly serious addiction to wrapping paper 😀
The table was bought in a local junk yard for a tenner just before lockdown. I sanded, stained and decoupaged this using some more of my substantial stockpile of wrapping paper. The garlands are from a crochet kit I've had sitting around for ages as I had always wanted to learn this craft and found it quite addictive. The hairband was my first project with my new sewing machine to replace the one I received on my 21st birthday 27 years ago.